Janakpur Royals spinner Lalit Rajvanshi has become the first bowler to take 5 wickets in one match of Nepal T20 League.

 

Janakpur Royals spinner Lalit Rajvanshi has become the first bowler to take 5 wickets in one match of Nepal T20 League.

23-year-old left-arm spinner Rajwanshi took 5 wickets with excellent bowling against Biratnagar Super Kings on Monday.  He, who is also a member of the national cricket team, bowled 4 overs and scored only 8 runs while keeping 1 maiden.  In the ninth over, he dismissed Sikander Raja, who was batting well for Biratnagar, on the first ball.  He spent only 2 runs in that over.  Lalit Rajvanshi took the wickets of Biratnagar captain Trayvon Griffiths and three foreigners and two Nepali players.  Lalit Rajvanshi took the wickets of Biratnagar captain Trayvon Griffiths and three foreigners and two Nepali players.  In the seventh over, while bowling his first over, Rajwanshi had spent only 4 runs.  But he did not take a wicket. He also took two more wickets in the 17th over.  This time Hussain Talat and Nandan Yadav, who were stuck at the crease, were dismissed.

Despite a good start, Biratnagar lost all their wickets after Lalit Rajvanshi's deadly bowling and were reduced to 140 runs.  Janakpur's Kesrick Williams and Adil Alam also took 2 wickets each.

For Biratnagar, Sikander Raja scored 38, Rohit Paudel 32 and Hussain Talte 28.  Arjun Saud added 18 runs.

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